silver-searcher-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "silver-searcher-git" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install silver-searcher-git on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                silver-searcher-git
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall silver-searcher-git on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                silver-searcher-git
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "silver-searcher-git" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone silver-searcher-git's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/silver-searcher-git.git 
            
                        
                ~/silver-searcher-git
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/silver-searcher-git folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/silver-searcher-git
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the silver-searcher-git package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 241055
Name: silver-searcher-git
PackageBaseID: 102093
PackageBase: silver-searcher-git
Version: 0.22.0.r1182.9303d2b-1
Description: The Silver Searcher: An attempt to make something better than ack, which itself is better than grep.
URL: https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher
NumVotes: 11
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1700229941
Maintainer: maz-1
Submitter: maz-1
FirstSubmitted: 1445247615
LastModified: 1445247883
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/silver-searcher-git.tar.gz